In Conversation with Ashwin

In Conversation with Ashwin


Latest Episodes

S2 Ep3: Water you thinking ft. Abishek Narayan
October 03, 2024

On this episode, I have Abishek Narayan who is currently working as a researcher at Eawag, the Swiss Water Institute in Zurich. Abishek has PhD in Environmental Engineering from ETH Zurich and a Masters from Oxford in Water Science, Policy and Management.

S2 Ep1: S2E1 - Creative endeavor and clinical execution ft. With Love Madras (Ashna Lulla and Vignesh Sivakumar)
November 13, 2022

My guests on the show are Ashna Lulla, writer of the book 'With Love Madras', and Vignesh Sivakumar, the photographer, and visual storyteller. One of them is my wife and I was a proud beaming husband after recording the episode :) She absolutely crushed

16: Episode 16- Marketing and Entrepreneurship at Blue Flag Project (feat. Nimmi Roche)
December 24, 2019

Nimmi Roche is the founder of Blue Flag Project - an all-purpose sustainable men's shoewear that I cannot wait to buy. Each pair of Blue Flags is made of ~8 upcycled plastic water bottles. On the episode, we discuss Nimmi's early childhood and how that h

15: Episode 15- Recording of The Reading Workshop - Why read, audiobooks, reading hacks, habit forming and much more
March 21, 2019

YouTube Link to audiovisual - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMe_oUUfIkg&t=1544s FYI- I would say it's better to watch and listen via the Youtube link. However, if you are on the move, this recording should do a good job as well! The visual helps d

14: Episode 14- A class on Podcasting- Creation, distribution, consumption and monetization (feat. Rahul Nair)
March 15, 2019

On the show we discuss Rahul’s early childhood and his motivation behind starting Storiyoh. How he moved from being an employee in London’s financial district to a full-time entrepreneur. From the 15th minute on, we talk about podcasting- Rahul’s love for

13: Episode 13- Gender roles, women in sports and the corporate world (feat. Rashi Kakkar)
December 20, 2018

The theme of our conversation was social conditioning on gender roles, women in sports and the corporate world. Our guest Rashi Kakkar holds an undergraduate degree from The Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi, a young India Fellowship from The As

12: Episode 12-Babies, photography and women in entrepreneurship (feat. Amrita Samant)
November 15, 2018

In my chat with Amrita, we talk about her early childhood, how she was always doing 10 things -writing, dancing, theatre and lots more, how the skills of business acumen, people handling and approachability that she built up as an HR professional have hel

11: Episode 11 - Schooling, parenting and upbringing(feat. Swapna Nair)
July 11, 2018

Swapna Nair is a national award winning second grade teacher of Social Science and English in various schools in India & abroad with 27 years of experience. She also works closely with school authorities, communicating with parents and providing academic

Episode 10 - Video, content and bollywood (feat. Aditya Pisharody)
June 03, 2018

Aditya is a former investment banker and management consultant with a Finance degree from NYU Stern, but he left all that behind to join Pocket Aces, a digital media start-up best known for it's channels FilterCopy and Dice Media. After starting as a prod